I too have recently discovered the beauty of the LX in macro mode but in a slightly different way. I got a magnificent light table off a friend of mine. It's got four lights (top, bottom, back and auxilary ) that enables me to shoot products, glass abstracts, insects just about anything that fits on the 2.5 X2.5 square foot table. Anyway I've been using my macro lens, bellows, LX complete with the FE1 and other magni heads on a regular basis. It's an absolute joy. As far as macro goes, I have a number of Macro lenses, Pentax f4, Tokina AT-X f2.5 and my newest pride and joy -- a Kiron 105/2.5 macro. I also have the older ring flash 080C and the "dental kit." For those who are not aware of the dental kit -- it is a brilliant piece of work by Pentax. It's made up of a magnetic holder that accepts two Pentax closup lenses. The 080C fits around it beautifully.. Anyway I recently took a shot of my new light table and will put it on my website soon. When it's on I will let everyone know. It's very cool.....
I also have a few closeups (glass and butterfly wings) on my website taken with the LX, bellows on my new light table. Here are some closeup abstracts... http://hometown.aol.ca/pentxuser/abstract.html In a message dated 11/6/02 6:55:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Hi Gang, I have discovered to my delight that the LX is a superior macro photography instrument. I am currently using mine with an FA 100mm macro, and it produces some wonderful results. I can only compare this to the results I got with my z-1 and the same lens. The LX produces truly superior images. The z-1 was a great camera, but the LX produces much nicer macro shots (maybe it is all the mirror lock, but I don't think so). Metering is just a non-event with the LX and close-up work. Set too auto and forget really. (I experimented recently with the LX on auto, and then taking incident readings with a Minolta Autometer 4F, and the LX was more accurate on film). My question is for all the LX-brethren out there. What macro set-up are you using with the LX? Do the magni-finders make a significant difference in composing or focusing? What is the single biggest thing you did too advance/improve your macro photography? (apart from a tripod and cable release). Cheers Shaun Canning >>
